I wanted to take a minute to personally thank all of you for your patience during the last few months of negotiations. As a player and a fan of this game, I couldn’t be happier to have hockey back. Your ongoing support and encouragement throughout the lockout has been incredible and has helped us prepared to get on the ice and play some games. I am looking forward to playing in front of all of you again, connecting with my Ranger’s family and seeing and hearing all the fans at The Garden! We will work hard to make 2013 OUR season, and reaching the ultimate goal…bringing The Cup back to New York.

Richards put this on instagram last night:

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Jets would be smart to sign another vet qb---if ur all set with Geno and Fitz coming off a broken leg the jets are in denial---if u think a down and out QB cant make a comeback --look at Jim Plunkett and Curt Warner as 2 qbs who came off the scrapheap and gone to superbowls and won---Earl Morrell is another

@Hanknaples@williamg1@bradysucks Everyone here has their strong points and truth be told some of the smartest people I know never went to college. Still, it seems these days that everyone goes so I'm pretty sure most of us have graduated from an accredited university. The only difference between all of us and 68 is that he majored in rhetoric.

I don't get the impression that Macc n' Bowles are going to coddle Geno and indulge his mistakes the way Idzik and Rex did. They know they have a question mark at QB, and Geno might be the default best option as starter heading into the season, but if he doesn't perform they're going to call Fitz's number fairly quickly; providing Geno can outplay Fitz and win the starting job in the first place. The latter might depend on how Fitz comes back from his injury as much as how quickly Geno embraces Chan's O..

Not sure we'll trade out as much as did a few weeks ago, but I could still see it happening. Whether we trade down or not, though, I don't think we take Mariota. Not a lot of reasons to take him at 6, and there are an awful lot of reasons not to.

The Jets haven't given up on Geno...yet...and have brought Fitz in to help him develop and grasp Chan's offense every bit as much as be a viable alternative to Geno should he falter.

And totally agree that adding an edge rusher will take our D from good to elite. I'd be delighted with either Fowler or Beasley. Those are the only 'too good to pass-up' players for me in the draft beside Winston.

Unfortunately, excluding Winston, there's probably not a single QB in this draft who could remotely challenge Geno as starter this season. That's the reality of this draft. Lots of raw talent, but most will have a long arc developing into a pro-caliber QB, and that includes Mariota.

Not saying don't draft a QB...we positively will...but unless it's Jameis expect no help from that guy this year and possibly next.

BB, the jets have no need bigger than the QB position. The QB position is far and away the most important player on the field. You do everything you can to improve your starter, your second string, your third string, practice squad member....

Rob Havenstein of Wisconsin, OT in this draft, is 6'7" and 321...and also highly rated. Hope we have him on our radar in the middle rounds. Then again, maybe we should just draft Gregor Clegane, "Mountain" from GOT.

Why when I mention even the REMOTE possibility of wanting to follow a SINGLE SOLITARY player in another teams uniform you get INSANELY JEALOUS and attack me of NOT loving the Jets, geezzzz...........Stop playing with yourself Brendan, it's really getting nauseating !!